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##  [Microsoft is Gearing Up to Retire Windows 8.1](https://www.omegatechnicalsolutions.com/blog/microsoft-is-gearing-up-to-retire-windows-8-1)

  Friday, 10 September 2021

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With Windows 11 releasing sometime this year, most users are looking to upgrade to hardware that actually supports it, but today we are instead focusing on upgrading away from one of the more controversial of Microsoft’s recent operating systems, Windows 8.1. With its end-of-life date creeping up in January 2023, it’s never too early to start thinking about how your company will move away from this operating system toward a supported one.

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